Hadash Chairman MK Mohammad Barakeh told Ynet Wednesday that he was pleased with the Supreme Court's decision to permit Arab parties Balad and United Arab List-Ta'al to run in the national elections next month. He said he had expected the decision, and that if a different one had been made he would have expected the disqualified parties to call on the Arab public to vote for Hadash. "A call on the Arab public to boycott the elections is (Yisrael Beiteinu's Avigdor) Lieberman's wet dream," he said. Balad Chairman Jamal Zahalka had declared following the committee's move to disqualify the ...

Barakeh arriving at police headquarters
Northern District Police summons Hadash chairman for interrogation on suspicion of hindering a police officer, insulting an officer of the law; Barakeh slams decision as political, provocative Hadash Chairman Mohammad Barakeh was summoned to the Northern District Police headquarters on Thursday, in connection with hindering a police officer in the line of duty and insulting an officer of the law. The alleged incident took place about 18 month ago in the northern Israeli city of Nazareth, during Labor Chairman Ehud Barak's visit to the city. Barak was ...